A/N: I wrote this as a weird pseudo-one-shot about Fallout: New Vegas. Basically, in the game, there’s a companion the player can choose to travel with named Boone. His wife, Carla, was sold to the game’s ‘villains’ by a citizen of the town, Novac, they lived in. After travelling to the villains’ camp, Boone finds and mercy kills Carla before she can be put to … Continue reading FICTION: The Last Thing She Never Saw
A/N: This is a piece from my ‘Writing the Self’ portfolio. My lecturer asked us to write a story from our lives, and rewrite it in a traditional fairytale format. I thought long and hard about the parts of my life that warrant a fairytale retelling, and my wedding was the most obvious choice. So, here you go. As is usually the case when Brits … Continue reading Fairytale Wedding
What was happening to his head? This was something never before experienced in the history of all time. He cried out, for that was the only logical course of action – to thrash and writhe and scream like a little baby, so new of this earth and helpless. But the sound that he could make! He could certainly make it, a loud and grinding and … Continue reading FICTION: The Angel Who Went to Earth
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my great pleasure to welcome you tonight, to one of the greatest nights in human history. Boy am I going to beat out that sea-scraping speech…I’m kidding, of course. All our work here at BioBeta is equally important. Some of it is just a little more exciting. I have to start out with the necessary bits, so please disconnect your … Continue reading FICTION: Simulated Nature Shit Machine
On the last day of the month, the full moon shone high above the bleak black. Scurrying through the town’s smallest streets, Pi hastened his step, little legs now moving in a frenzy. Bloodfar unnerved him in the small hours. The pirate port possessed an eery habit of jumping out at you when you least expected it. Vollis’s manor was not far, up the dirt … Continue reading FICTION: The Dragon and The Diamond
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